Re: PC <--> IIgs communication problems

["Ken Tucker" <ktucker@NOSPAMiit.net>]

William -

I get *nothing* on the IIgs (while going PC->GS using IN#2). I get character
by character garbage on the PC (while going GS->PC using PR#2).

The char/line delay would make sense if I was getting something..anything..
on the IIgs screen.

Any more thoughts? Did you have to do any DTR/DCD/DSR setting changes? I've
left the settings in the IIgs control panel as defaults except for baud
rate.

Ken

"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
news:WJxm7.92965$K6.37626063@news2...
> "Ken Tucker" <ktucker@NOSPAMiit.net> wrote in message
> news:spxm7.166441$oh1.71302921@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently purchased a Mac Modem cable and a null modem cable.Together,
> I've
> > connected COM1 on my PC to the modem port of the IIgs. I'm trying to get
> > started on getting ADTgs (trying to transfer the initial ADT binary file
> > over), but am having problems.
> >
> > I have set both my PC and my IIgs to 300 baud & 8N1. On the IIgs, I type
> > IN#2 and it goes to the next ] prompt. On my PC, I have tried both "type
> > adtgs.dmp > com1" and using Hyperterminal to send the same file, but I
get
> > absolutely nothing on the IIgs screen. I've tried the same think with
the
> > IN#1 (setting the printer port to be a modem port), thinking the IIgs's
> > modem port was bad. Same result.
> >
> > I have also tried the inverse - running PR#2 on the IIgs and
Hyperterminal
> > on the PC. This gives me better results. For every keystroke I make on
the
> > IIgs, I see garbage characters (they're actually special chars) in
> > Hyperterminal. If I do a LIST or CAT from the IIgs, I can tell that it
is
> > sending garbage characters equal to each of those commands to my PC.
> >
> > From my IN#2 woes, I assumed my cabling was bad. However, I believe I
have
> > the right cables. From my PR#2 woes, it looks like the cable is working,
> but
> > there's some sort of serial port mis-communication between the two.
There
> > are multiple settings on both the IIgs serial port and the PC port which
I
> > know I could adjust, but I'm not sure which to change.
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts or ideas?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ken
> >
>
> Hyperterminal needs to have a line or a character delay set to
> properly send the character to the IIgs. I have it set for 90ms for
> each character and around 150-200 ms for a line delay.  That
> helped stop many of the drop out characters that I was getting.
>
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